At a memorial honouring the victims of the recent Spanish terrorist attacks, a family embraces a Barcelona policeman who helped them during the mayhem.
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Barcelona 2017, London 2017, Berlin 2016, Nice 2016. In all of these cases the weapon of choice was a vehicle, driven at speed, into crowds innocently going about their daily business. Barcelona is just…
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Citizen militia march in Charlotttesville, August 12.
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The martyrdom of the Maccabees by Antonio Ciseri.
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Iraqis celebrate the recapture of Mosul from Islamic State.
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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, painted portrait.
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Sheen Ibrahim, Kurdish fighter from the People’s Protection Units (YPG), walks together with other YPG fighters in Raqqa, Syria, June 16, 2017.
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